Madden NFL 1997 Defensive Backs Ratings (Madden 97)

1996 NFL Season / Madden NFL 97

Madden NFL 1997 shipped in summer 1996 for the 1996 NFL season. Launch ratings are set before the season is played, so they reflect the previous year’s performance - a player’s breakout shows up in the next year’s game.

Madden NFL 97 released in 1996 with John Madden on the cover and was the first in the series to offer a 3D player view on the PlayStation. The database's top-rated names that year read like a Hall of Fame ballot: Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders, Reggie White, and a young Drew Bledsoe in New England.

Green Bay won Super Bowl XXXI, 35-21 over New England, return man Desmond Howard named game MVP after a 99-yard kickoff return. Brett Favre won his second straight regular-season MVP, Barry Sanders led the league with 1,553 rushing yards, Mark Brunell paced the NFL with 4,367 passing yards, and Bruce Smith won Defensive Player of the Year.

Favre's 13-3 Packers ended the franchise's 29-year title drought and were the league's measuring stick all year. Rice and Smith anchored the top of the ratings as they had all decade, while Reggie White's Super Bowl sack flurry validated his place among the highest-rated defenders in the game.

Year Madden NFL 1997 ▼

Position Defensive Backs ▼

#	Player	OVR	SPD	ACC	AGI	AWR	JMP
1	SS Toby Wright	78	73	66	74	98	34
2	RCB Willie Williams	73	87	72	85	97	36
3	FS Orlando Thomas	72	74	67	78	93	39
4	LCB Rod Woodson	70	79	69	89	84	51
5	FS Willie Clay	69	69	72	69	93	95
6	LCB Tom Carter	69	89	87	92	93	96
7	RCB Corey Raymond	69	77	76	78	91	38
8	LCB Todd Lyght	68	83	80	86	93	39
9	RCB Darryll Lewis	68	76	71	78	91	39
10	FS Brock Marion	66	80	78	81	92	50
11	RCB Jimmy Spencer	66	94	82	93	89	33
12	FS Steve Atwater	64	71	66	78	90	95
13	FS Stanley Richard	64	79	80	90	89	39
14	DB Larry Brown	63	73	74	78	84	95
15	FS Darren Perry	63	64	68	69	85	39
16	FS Darryl Williams	63	85	81	88	84	38
17	SS Brett Maxie	63	70	78	76	90	42
18	LCB Mark McMillian	62	87	99	82	86	38
19	LCB Troy Vincent	62	85	83	88	83	32
20	RCB James Hasty	62	73	68	78	90	58
21	FS Merton Hanks	61	60	81	84	84	61
22	LCB Phillippi Sparks	61	82	74	84	90	60
23	LCB Tyronne Drakeford	61	80	72	78	83	93
24	SS Darren Woodson	61	82	66	86	87	37
25	SS LeRoy Butler	61	75	71	77	91	96
26	FS Eugene Robinson	60	77	75	80	80	31
27	RCB Corey Harris	60	78	69	80	84	96
28	SS Marty Carter	60	70	64	74	81	96
29	FS Kurt Schulz	59	77	69	81	80	51
30	LCB Carlton Gray	59	81	72	85	82	91
31	RCB Doug Evans	59	82	77	85	83	79
32	SS Victor Green	59	84	70	82	82	81
33	FS Bo Orlando	58	78	82	78	81	42
34	LCB Terry McDaniel	58	92	83	92	86	31
35	LCB Dwayne Harper	58	78	85	80	81	65
36	SS Tyrone Braxton	57	81	81	82	83	96
37	LCB Dale Carter	56	77	79	81	78	95
38	RCB Tyrone Poole	56	91	74	88	83	36
39	SS Stevon Moore	56	75	62	76	86	40
40	FS Keith Lyle	55	73	72	79	82	42
41	SS Tim McDonald	55	70	65	84	84	54
42	FS Kevin Ross	54	84	77	84	81	35
43	LCB Aeneas Williams	54	81	81	88	84	64
44	LCB Martin Mayhew	54	91	79	88	85	31
45	RCB Ricky Reynolds	54	81	74	82	81	39
46	SS Blaine Bishop	54	78	67	76	79	96
47	DB James Burton	53	88	82	78	79	38
48	FS Mark Collins	53	82	72	84	73	96
49	RCB Donny Brady	53	72	70	77	40	96
50	RCB Bobby Taylor	53	68	78	78	74	35
51	LCB Cris Dishman	52	85	79	88	76	96
52	RCB Anthony Parker	52	82	79	82	75	37
53	SS Robert Blackmon	52	77	70	80	81	96
54	DB Thomas Randolph	51	95	85	94	74	39
55	LCB Antonio Langham	51	85	86	88	79	31
56	LCB Ryan McNeil	51	78	79	84	79	38
57	RCB Lionel Washington	51	78	79	81	72	36
58	SS Bracy Walker	51	75	66	74	79	42
59	LCB Ray Buchanan	50	83	70	81	80	95
60	LCB Ty Law	50	73	68	78	71	32
61	DB Darren Studstill	49	71	68	73	76	87
62	DB Sean Lumpkin	49	70	64	79	79	79
63	DB Otis Smith	49	78	73	80	79	32
64	SS Terry Ray	49	76	71	80	75	38
65	SS Mike Zordich	49	72	65	76	71	60
66	SS Rodney Harrison	49	75	67	76	79	94
67	DB Corey Sawyer	48	70	84	71	69	33
68	FS Jason Belser	48	72	73	70	70	96
69	LCB Ray Crockett	48	82	75	82	76	91
70	RCB Mickey Washington	48	74	68	78	69	39
71	RCB Darrell Green	48	83	75	92	77	91
72	DB Mike Prior	47	75	66	78	69	40
73	FS Eddie Anderson	47	74	67	78	70	96
74	LCB Corey Fuller	47	84	68	84	75	93
75	RCB Darnell Walker	47	78	75	81	78	33
76	RCB Dewayne Washington	47	86	77	88	73	32
77	RCB Marquez Pope	47	88	72	89	75	33
78	SS Bennie Blades	47	83	64	88	77	95
79	DB Vinnie Clark	45	87	69	90	74	92
80	DB Don Griffin	45	79	87	82	70	83
81	FS Greg Jackson	45	74	62	78	68	69
82	FS Melvin Johnson	45	73	66	76	22	57
83	LCB Eric Davis	45	82	84	84	76	36
84	SS Carnell Lake	45	72	72	86	71	33
85	DB Robert Massey	44	68	68	68	70	39
86	DB Myron Bell	44	71	61	72	66	96
87	RCB Thomas Smith	44	86	77	88	68	37
88	SS Robert Griffith	44	78	74	80	69	58
89	DB Louis Riddick	43	68	70	68	66	94
90	DB Michael Stewart	43	75	67	76	73	44
91	FS Pat Terrell	43	78	70	90	68	35
92	FS Gene Atkins	43	77	69	78	70	96
93	FS Darren Carrington	43	82	72	78	68	81
94	RCB Calvin Jackson	43	78	75	81	69	95
95	RCB Terrance Shaw	43	84	75	85	73	38
96	SS David Tate	43	68	63	72	68	31
97	DB Rayna Stewart	42	67	78	70	70	87
98	DB Je'Rod Cherry	42	64	70	69	62	46
99	DB Scott Turner	42	76	76	74	66	39
100	LCB Donnell Woolford	42	84	71	82	72	34
101	LCB Craig Newsome	42	73	72	78	72	37
102	SS Henry Jones	42	83	74	85	63	81
103	FS Brent Alexander	41	78	78	77	68	96
104	DB Willie Beamon	40	86	85	88	68	96
105	FS Brad Edwards	40	79	79	90	79	37
106	FS George Teague	40	79	79	90	79	37
107	DB Rod Jones	39	78	79	81	61	34
108	DB Roger Harper	39	71	59	76	64	50
109	DB Michael McGruder	39	84	71	84	63	32
110	FS Gary Jones	39	68	60	72	60	46
111	LCB Jeff Burris	39	89	74	90	60	81
112	LCB Aaron Glenn	39	93	77	92	65	93
113	SS Jesse Campbell	39	75	64	80	69	96
114	DB Derrick Frazier	38	80	81	81	87	96
115	DB William White	38	73	62	72	68	38
116	SS Lorenzo Lynch	38	80	71	81	67	31
117	DB Mike Scurlock	37	81	75	81	61	38
118	FS Eric Turner	37	81	71	90	59	35
119	FS Tito Wooten	37	77	80	80	61	37
120	RCB Eric Allen	37	82	79	82	66	96
121	DB Tyrone Williams	36	76	73	81	62	93
122	DB Barry Wilburn	36	72	73	76	60	52
123	DB Willie Clark	36	88	77	88	63	95
124	FS Van Malone	36	75	69	70	48	66
125	FS Chris Hudson	36	75	70	76	63	87
126	RCB Albert Lewis	36	76	76	81	63	37
127	SS Dana Hall	36	71	68	76	61	60
128	SS Gerald McBurrows	36	78	74	72	34	38
129	DB Ben Smith	35	73	73	78	62	56
130	DB Terry Hoage	35	73	73	78	62	56
131	DB Tomur Barnes	35	89	80	92	60	62
132	DB Tyrone Legette	35	80	74	78	49	38
133	DB Greg Jeffries	34	85	79	90	58	63
134	LCB Ashley Ambrose	34	85	71	85	62	94
135	DB Greg Briggs	33	57	37	57	30	42
136	DB Steve Jackson	33	89	75	85	62	42
137	DB Rafael Robinson	33	71	67	72	58	46
138	DB Damon Watts	33	80	84	80	54	34
139	DB Tyrone Hughes	33	93	85	92	62	62
140	DB Kenneth Gant	33	77	77	78	53	96
141	FS Mark Carrier	33	72	79	84	61	96
142	SS Travis Davis	33	67	68	69	58	96
143	DB Lance Brown	32	82	70	85	60	92
144	DB Bucky Brooks	32	78	75	81	53	38
145	DB Selwyn Jones	32	85	82	88	57	39
146	SS Louis Oliver	32	70	60	76	59	81
147	DB DeRon Jenkins	31	80	76	88	55	36
148	DB Derwin Gray	31	73	66	74	54	79
149	DB Ron Carpenter	31	65	77	69	55	96
150	DB Michael Reed	30	76	73	74	40	33
151	DB Lonnie Young	30	74	76	78	51	33
152	DB Steve Israel	30	92	81	94	51	46
153	DB Marquis Walker	30	72	68	74	52	32
154	RCB Walt Harris	30	81	75	84	53	65
155	S James Trapp	30	87	83	90	61	38
156	SS Darryl Morrison	30	70	77	76	51	35
157	DB Vashone Adams	29	69	67	68	55	96
158	DB Wendell Davis	29	68	73	78	35	74
159	DB Alundis Brice	29	88	83	88	51	94
160	DB Ron Rice	29	79	78	79	58	52
161	DB Eric Zomalt	29	79	72	80	51	32
162	DB Torin Dorn	29	75	74	72	25	75
163	DB Darryl Pounds	29	81	77	81	40	36
164	LCB Terrell Buckley	29	91	85	96	56	95
165	DB Anthony Marshall	28	68	72	68	53	32
166	DB Chris Shelling	28	80	82	80	52	35
167	RCB Ray Mickens	28	78	76	80	52	95
168	RCB Donnie Abraham	28	82	79	84	50	33
169	DB Darren Anderson	27	73	68	74	48	96
170	DB Robert Bailey	27	83	80	81	48	92
171	LCB Kevin Smith	27	84	80	80	70	36
172	LCB Aaron Beasley	27	82	77	74	50	33
173	RCB Anthony Phillips	27	80	69	86	57	31
174	RCB Jimmy Hitchcock	27	88	75	88	53	64
175	SS Matt Darby	27	72	72	76	56	93
176	DB Issac Booth	26	74	81	81	51	96
177	DB Ken Irvin	26	87	76	87	51	42
178	DB Tim Hauck	26	78	81	80	56	31
179	DB Rondell Jones	26	78	81	80	56	31
180	DB Rodney Young	26	61	73	71	40	38
181	DB Dave Hendrix	26	75	65	80	52	71
182	DB Todd Scott	26	78	59	80	55	33
183	RCB Dedric Mathis	26	80	75	88	48	36
184	S Dan Land	26	64	75	69	53	37
185	DB Chad Cota	25	65	73	68	49	87
186	DB Damon Pieri	25	55	63	58	39	87
187	DB Kevin Miniefield	25	79	75	77	54	87
188	DB Jerome Woods	25	68	61	77	48	32
189	DB Corwin Brown	25	75	74	80	55	96
190	DB Jay Bellamy	25	79	77	76	51	96
191	DB Leomont Evans	25	75	61	76	54	40
192	FS Marcus Robertson	25	81	73	82	51	39
193	FS Brian Dawkins	25	71	84	90	47	40
194	RCB Donnie Abraham	25	78	72	76	48	94
195	DB John Mangum	24	83	81	73	51	42
196	DB Darrius Johnson	24	80	75	81	49	93
197	DB Deon Figures	24	74	75	72	54	42
198	FS Patrick Bates	24	67	62	69	52	71
199	DB Bennie Thompson	23	65	59	66	47	36
200	DB Sam Shade	23	72	78	76	52	50
201	DB Randy Hilliard	23	82	75	84	53	37
202	DB Lee Flowers	23	78	71	80	50	96
203	DB Eric Castle	23	65	67	72	48	96
204	SS Devin Bush Sr.	23	68	63	69	50	96
205	SS Ray McElroy	23	70	57	69	48	96
206	DB Ben Smith	22	64	75	69	48	96
207	DB Dedrick Dodge	22	75	76	74	49	34
208	SS Lawyer Milloy	22	68	62	72	49	30
209	DB Tito Paul	21	72	68	74	49	93
210	DB Fred Thomas	21	82	84	88	44	38
211	LCB Tim McKyer	21	75	75	72	49	36
212	SS Anthony Newman	21	85	75	88	48	44
213	LCB Darrien Gordon	20	85	79	82	46	50
214	RCB Jason Sehorn	20	72	68	77	51	38
215	DB Marlon Kerner	19	80	70	80	49	36
216	SS Matt Stevens	19	80	70	80	49	36
217	DB Eric Smedley	18	65	62	66	17	50
218	S Curtis Buckley	18	55	65	64	27	71
219	DB Steve Lofton	17	76	70	74	42	44
220	DB Ryan Stewart	17	68	65	77	43	32
221	DB Harlon Barnett	16	54	40	57	20	72
222	DB Alex Molden	16	80	78	88	47	50
223	DB Roderick Mullen	14	67	68	72	44	81
224	DB Brad Ford	13	80	82	80	42	95
225	DB Reggie Tongue	11	68	75	87	38	40

Madden NFL 1997 Player Ratings - 1996 NFL Season

1996 NFL Season / Madden NFL 97

Defensive Backs, Madden NFL 1997

SS TobyWright

RCB WillieWilliams

FS OrlandoThomas

LCB RodWoodson

FS WillieClay

LCB TomCarter

RCB CoreyRaymond

LCB ToddLyght

RCB DarryllLewis

FS BrockMarion

RCB JimmySpencer

FS SteveAtwater

FS StanleyRichard

DB LarryBrown

FS DarrenPerry

FS DarrylWilliams

SS BrettMaxie

LCB MarkMcMillian

LCB TroyVincent

RCB JamesHasty

FS MertonHanks

LCB PhillippiSparks

LCB TyronneDrakeford

SS DarrenWoodson

SS LeRoyButler

FS EugeneRobinson

RCB CoreyHarris

SS MartyCarter

FS KurtSchulz

LCB CarltonGray

RCB DougEvans

SS VictorGreen

FS BoOrlando

LCB TerryMcDaniel

LCB DwayneHarper

SS TyroneBraxton

LCB DaleCarter

RCB TyronePoole

SS StevonMoore

FS KeithLyle

SS TimMcDonald

FS KevinRoss

LCB AeneasWilliams

LCB MartinMayhew

RCB RickyReynolds

SS BlaineBishop

DB JamesBurton

FS MarkCollins

RCB DonnyBrady

RCB BobbyTaylor

LCB CrisDishman

RCB AnthonyParker

SS RobertBlackmon

DB ThomasRandolph

LCB AntonioLangham

LCB RyanMcNeil

RCB LionelWashington

SS BracyWalker

LCB RayBuchanan

LCB TyLaw

DB DarrenStudstill

DB SeanLumpkin

DB OtisSmith

SS TerryRay

SS MikeZordich

SS RodneyHarrison

DB CoreySawyer

FS JasonBelser

LCB RayCrockett

RCB MickeyWashington

RCB DarrellGreen

DB MikePrior

FS EddieAnderson

LCB CoreyFuller

RCB DarnellWalker

RCB DewayneWashington

RCB MarquezPope

SS
Toby
Wright

RCB
Willie
Williams

FS
Orlando
Thomas

LCB
Rod
Woodson

FS
Willie
Clay

LCB
Tom
Carter

RCB
Corey
Raymond

LCB
Todd
Lyght

RCB
Darryll
Lewis

FS
Brock
Marion

RCB
Jimmy
Spencer

FS
Steve
Atwater

FS
Stanley
Richard

DB
Larry
Brown

FS
Darren
Perry

FS
Darryl
Williams

SS
Brett
Maxie

LCB
Mark
McMillian

LCB
Troy
Vincent

RCB
James
Hasty

FS
Merton
Hanks

LCB
Phillippi
Sparks

LCB
Tyronne
Drakeford

SS
Darren
Woodson

SS
LeRoy
Butler

FS
Eugene
Robinson

RCB
Corey
Harris

SS
Marty
Carter

FS
Kurt
Schulz

LCB
Carlton
Gray

RCB
Doug
Evans

SS
Victor
Green

FS
Bo
Orlando

LCB
Terry
McDaniel

LCB
Dwayne
Harper

SS
Tyrone
Braxton

LCB
Dale
Carter

RCB
Tyrone
Poole

SS
Stevon
Moore

FS
Keith
Lyle

SS
Tim
McDonald

FS
Kevin
Ross

LCB
Aeneas
Williams

LCB
Martin
Mayhew

RCB
Ricky
Reynolds

SS
Blaine
Bishop

DB
James
Burton

FS
Mark
Collins

RCB
Donny
Brady

RCB
Bobby
Taylor

LCB
Cris
Dishman

RCB
Anthony
Parker

SS
Robert
Blackmon

DB
Thomas
Randolph

LCB
Antonio
Langham

LCB
Ryan
McNeil

RCB
Lionel
Washington

SS
Bracy
Walker

LCB
Ray
Buchanan

LCB
Ty
Law

DB
Darren
Studstill

DB
Sean
Lumpkin

DB
Otis
Smith

SS
Terry
Ray

SS
Mike
Zordich

SS
Rodney
Harrison

DB
Corey
Sawyer

FS
Jason
Belser

LCB
Ray
Crockett

RCB
Mickey
Washington

RCB
Darrell
Green

DB
Mike
Prior

FS
Eddie
Anderson

LCB
Corey
Fuller

RCB
Darnell
Walker

RCB
Dewayne
Washington

RCB
Marquez
Pope

SS
Bennie
Blades

DB
Vinnie
Clark

DB
Don
Griffin